What does Bujairami Onyx smell like?
Ink, vinyl and black pepper open the scent. Ink and vinyl are not raw materials; in perfumery they read as accords that give a dry, faintly metallic, sooty impression, like printed paper and old records. Black pepper adds a dry, woody bite, and rum a warm, sweet, sugar-cane depth.
The heart is ebony wood, elemi, apricot and peony. Ebony gives a dark, dense wood, elemi a clear, lemony-resinous note, apricot a soft stone-fruit sweetness, and peony a fresh, green-petal floral that sits under the dark wood without lightening it much.
The base is incense alone. Incense is a resinous, smoky material with a dry, churchlike quality, and as the sole base entry it carries the lowest layer of the scent by itself.
Bujairami Onyx: style and character
Think warm and rich: Onyx sits in the oriental family.
The notes that define it on paper: ink, pepper and rum.
Closest within Bujairami, by notes: Bujairami Hotter Than Roses, which shares pepper.
Next: Bujairami The Ruler.
This is the guide's own wording of the family and notes, not a test.
Who is Bujairami Onyx for?
Onyx is tagged for him. The guide's own family sorting from the notes gives oriental alone, which is this site's grouping and not the brand's. It is an eau de parfum with nine listed notes, and its single base note leaves most of the weight in the top and heart. Only the family and the note names are a basis here, so the list is the place to start.
Concentration and sizes
- Concentration in the brand's catalogue: eau de parfum.
- No size in the listing; the brand gives 100 ml as its standard bottle (bujairami.com.au).
- 10 ml samples: the samples page lists the scents in the shop's Sample Service. Samples and sizes
Where to buy Bujairami Onyx in Europe
FragranceGems is an authorized seller of Bujairami in the EU.
Its Bujairami collection shows what is available.
Bujairami Hotter Than Roses and Bujairami The Ruler are the closest scents of this guide, and both share pepper and incense with Onyx. Hotter Than Roses leans on rose and leather, while The Ruler carries cardamom, cinnamon and labdanum. Bujairami Magnifica, an extrait, shares rum and a resinous base with it, and runs to vanilla, tonka and benzoin.
Bujairami scents with similar notes
Picked by the notes they share.
Carriers per country and what to check before ordering
Onyx and its closest neighbours
Bujairami Hotter Than Roses is built on white and pink pepper at the top, with rose water, rose and orange blossom in the heart and leather, incense, musk, sandalwood and cashmeran at the base. From this scent's side, pepper and incense are shared. Hotter Than Roses is rose-led and carries no ink or rum, while this scent keeps its heart dark with ebony, elemi and peony.
Bujairami The Ruler sets cardamom, cinnamon and black pepper on top, myrrh, incense, labdanum, jasmine and leather in the heart, and an ambery, animalic base with musk, myrrh, vanilla and sandalwood. Black pepper and incense are shared with this scent. This scent opens on ink, vinyl and rum where The Ruler opens on spice, and it has no animalic note.
Bujairami Magnifica is an extrait de parfum that opens on peach, blood orange, cardamom and heliotrope, with rum, cognac, davana and jasmine in the heart and a broad resinous base of vanilla, patchouli, tonka, sandalwood, benzoin, styrax, labdanum and vetiver. Rum and the resinous base are the shared parts. This scent opens on ink and black pepper, where Magnifica opens on fruit.